British Colonisers Thought They Were Protecting Forests by Stopping Indigenous Burning. It’s Now Backfiring
Researchers found that ending regular Indigenous burns helped turn open woodlands into denser forests and intensified fire risk, with high-temperature charcoals rising after the mid-19th century.
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British colonisers thought they were protecting forests by stopping Indigenous burning. It’s now backfiring
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Join today Already a member? Log in Alterations made to Australia’s forests during British colonial rule have amplified the effects of climate change and rendered the country more prone to bushfires, a new study suggests.The research provides
The changes in land use resulting from British colonization of Australia would have amplified forest fires on the continent, according to a study. While the land would have been maintained by Aboriginal people prior to this period using regular burning practices in order to prevent large-scale fires, these [...] This article In Australia, colonization would have contributed to an increase in extreme forest fires appeared first on Trust My Scienc…
Colonial land-use change set the stage for Australia's bushfire crisis
A millennium-long sediment record from Croajingolong National Park shows that the end of Gunaikurnai cultural burning after British colonisation drove forest expansion and fuel loading that set the stage for Australia's catastrophic bushfires before climate change took hold.
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